Before the Zijing Pass

Chu Ling stood on the city tower and looked at Tuoba Zan who was calling out outside the pass with interest. Duan Yun stood beside him, raised his eyebrows and asked, "Is this really a disciple of Tuoba Xingye?" Chu Ling said, "What the master taught him is martial arts, not military tactics." Duan Yun was puzzled, "How can I remember that his martial arts are not as good as you? He seems to have been in front of Tuoba Xingye for a longer time, right?"

Chu Ling smiled and said, "I am very talented."

"..." Duan Yun was speechless. His little cousin seemed to be getting thicker and thicker.

"What are you planning to do now?" Duan Yun asked.

Chu Ling smiled and said, "Since he wants to provoke, I, as my ex-sen sister, have to teach him the principles of being a human being." That's right, the ex-sen sister. Because Tuoba Xingye has already driven Tuoba Zan out of the master. Although Chu Ling suspected that his master actually didn't want to admit a single disciple. After all, as a master, he would never want to accept his disciples in his life after receiving words from a bad disciple like them.

Duan Yun nodded, "Be careful, they are crowded after all."

"What are you thinking?" Chu Ling glanced at him and said, "I'll go down to meet my junior brother."

Duan Yun said, "If I were Tuoba Zan, I would order thousands of arrows to shoot you into a hedgehog."

Chu Ling smiled and said, "First of all, even if you order to shoot an arrow, you may not be able to shoot me to death. Secondly, Tuoba Zan is not you, he won't."

Before he finished speaking, Chu Ling had already jumped up and jumped directly from the city tower.

"Shoot the arrow!" A general of the Clan tribe immediately whispered under the Zijing Pass. Duan Yun couldn't help but mention that little cousin is going to take off, right? Just as he was about to order the defenders on the city tower to counterattack, another voice sounded, "Stop! Don't shoot arrows!"

"..." Duan Yun stared at Tuoba Zan who was standing in front of the city tower and slowly looked at Guan Yunrudao beside him. "When I was a child, I was afraid that this kid was caught in the door."

Shangguan Yunru coughed lightly and said, "Young Master Duan, I am a gentleman."

Duan Yun sneered, "The people who talk about decentness on the battlefield have higher grass on the grave than people."

"Even if you shoot an arrow, you may not be able to do anything to the princess." Shangguan Yunru said truthfully.

Duan Yun said, "Can it be one thing, and whether it is done or not is another."

While the two were talking, Tuoba Zan had already met Chu Ling outside.

The first time in so many years, the sisters and brothers of the same school had a striking battle on the battlefield, but it was such a small and inconspicuous place now. Both of them used swords, but the scimitar in Tuoba Zan's hand was obviously more than twice as big as Chu Ling. Tuoba Zan sat on the back of the horse, and his scimitar was swung with great strength. Chu Ling gently tapped his toes on the horse's head, turned over in the air and snatched out three swords. He smiled and said, "I heard that Tuoba Luo had you become the King of Qi?"

"So what?" Tuoba Zan gritted his teeth, but he didn't stop for a moment.

Chu Ling said, "Didn't you think he sent you to Liangzhou to kill you?"

"I'm so arrogant!" Tuoba Zan said angrily, but a hint of hesitation flashed in his eyes. He knew in his heart that what he had done was not authentic, and he might not have doubted Tuoba Luo's movements.

Chu Ling smiled and said, "If I were you, I would stay in Shangjing with people. With your secret army, no one dared to touch you easily." Of course, if the trump card in your hand is clearly understood in two years, it is difficult to say whether Tuoba Zan can always control the secret army of the founder of the Northern Jin Emperor.

"Stop!" Tuoba Zan waved anger, and Chu Ling avoided sideways and gently landed on the ground. Chu Ling flew away, and Tuoba Zan rode his horse without hesitation and chased after him. Chu Ling, who had retreated all the way, showed a bright smile to his former junior brother. Tuoba Zan felt a cold heart, and a bad premonition arose, and he quickly wanted to hold the reins. Unfortunately, no matter how human the horse is, he is not a human being, and it is too late to hold the reins when Tuoba Zan wanted to tie the reins. Chu Ling's Liuyue Sword slashed towards the neck of the horse under Tuoba Zan's seat. The horse was shocked and stood up and almost threw Tuoba Zan off the back. Tuoba Zan was shocked and jumped up from the back. However, Chu Ling's sword did not really hit him, but instead flashed his body and landed on the back of the horse while he jumped up.

However, in an instant, even his war horse fell into the other party's hands. Tuoba Zan's face turned blue and purple. Perhaps the horse was afraid of Chu Ling's knife just now, and he actually let her sit on her back obediently, for example, when he was carrying Tuoba Zan just now, he looked even more gentle.

A cheer sounded from the Zijing Pass, and the princesses of the Shenyoujun family on the city tower won the victory and cheered loudly.

Chu Ling smiled and said, "Are you still fighting?"

Tuoba Zan snorted coldly, and without hesitation, he lifted the knife and swung it over without hesitation. Chu Ling urged the horse to come on, and the two fought again.

Tuoba Zan studied martial arts with Tuoba Xingye for more than two years, and then he had Jiankun's advice. It was still very good to see just about his skills. Although he was still a little far from Chu Ling, he might not be much worse than Feng Sibei, who was taught by Feng Zheng since childhood. In this way, Tuoba Zan's qualifications are actually very good. Unfortunately, he has an opportunity that ordinary people can't imagine. He has been taught by the two most powerful masters in the Northern Jin Dynasty, but his success is still a bit unsatisfactory. So unexpectedly, compared to the talented Princess Shenyou, Tuoba Zan is a mediocre person.

Tuoba Zan's qualifications are naturally mediocre than monsters like Chu Lingjun Wuhuan Nangong Yuyue, but they are still better than Feng Sibei and Huan Yu. But Chu Ling can assert that if Tuoba Zan himself can't figure it out, his achievements in this life will definitely not be as good as Feng Sibei.

The two of them fought for only a moment, but they were not surprised to see that Tuoba Zan was slapped by the hilt of Liuyue's sword and went to high school. Chu Ling did not take his spoils, jumped up from the horse's back, tapped on the city wall a few times, and flew up to the city tower.

Standing on the city tower and looking at Tuoba Zan who had just been helped up under Zijing Pass, Chu Ling couldn't help but smile.

"I still don't understand. What's the point of fighting with him alone?" Duan Yun asked indifferently. Mr. Duan was obviously not very happy about Chu Ling's adventure alone. Chu Ling smiled and said, "Today he was beaten so badly by me in front of so many people. What do you think he will do?" Duan Yun thought for a moment and said, "With Tuoba Zan's personality... he will pester you and know to defeat you and avenge your previous shame." As soon as he finished speaking, Duan Yun suddenly realized, "Did you do it on purpose?"

"Yes." Chu Ling said with a smile, lowered her head and crossed a distance not far away to look at Tuoba Zan. Sure enough, she saw the raging anger in the other party's eyes.

Duan Yun shook his head and said, "The King of Qi in the Northern Jin Dynasty is still too young after all."

Tuoba Zan really took root in Zijing Pass. No matter how the generals under his command advised him, he was determined to fight with Chu Ling. But Princess Shenyou seemed to be in no hurry at all, and stayed at Zijing Pass all day but did not take the initiative to fight. If it weren't for the occasional appearance at Zijing Pass, Tuoba Zan became even more angry, and would almost make people wonder if she was still in Zijing Pass.

The news naturally reached Su He Mingguang's ears very quickly. Su He Mingguang sneered and threw away the letter. He said to the people around him, "Look, I said he was for personal grudges, and he refused to admit it." The man standing in front of Su He Mingguang said respectfully, "What the wolf master said is, the male protagonist, the King of Qi was blocked in Zijing Pass, should we go and help?"

Su and Mingguang sneered and said, "What are you doing? We may not appreciate it when we go to help Tuoba Zan."

"Then...we're just watching?" Although they are not from Northern Jin, they are still in name only now. They are now carrying Northern Jin soldiers and horses. Isn't it good to just stand by and watch?

Su and Mingguang stroked their fingers on the topographic map on the table, and said leisurely, "We won't fight the Zijing Pass."

"Then let's take a detour north?"

Su and Mingguang smiled and said, "Go to the south."

"Going south? Runzhou...Cangyun City?" The man was shocked and calmed down and asked, "The wolf master planned to sneak attack Cangyun City while Cangyun City was unable to defend,"

Su and Mingguang raised their hand and made a gesture of silence. They looked at their subordinates with a smile and said, "If you send the order, just ask so much?" The man naturally understood the temper of his wolf master, and he didn't dare to ask more questions and turned around to send the order. Su and Mingguang's eyes fell on the topographic map on the table, and a faint smile appeared on his lips. He whispered, "If Cangyun City is attacked, the Divine Blessing Princess... Are you going to save it?"

Tuoba Zan was frustrated at Zijing Pass, which made him faster to join forces with Huang Jian. Huang Jian originally wanted to support Chu Ling and the Tianqi court to accept their existence, but he did not want Princess Shenyou to not accept his tricks at all. He had no choice but to turn around and join the Northern Jin people. However, the Northern Jin people were not so easy to deal with, and the villains who went back on their word were not welcomed no matter where they were. Tuoba Zan needed Huang Jian's familiarity with Liangzhou and 200,000 troops to maintain absolute suppression of the Tianqi troops. Huang Jian and others needed someone who could accept their past reluctance. The two sides hit it off and naturally cooperated extremely quickly.

Huang Jian first asked many of his bandits to join him to go to Zijing Pass in several ways. He led his southern army to help Princess Shenyou to resist the title of the people of the Clan.

In fact, these Southern Army were just chess pieces that attracted the attention of the Apocalypse Imperial Army. The real elites of the Southern Army were also mixed among the bandits and rushed towards Zijing Pass. At that time, they would cooperate with Tuoba Zan outside Zijing Pass. There were only 30,000 soldiers and horses in Zijing Pass. Even if this Shenyou Princess was really three heads and six arms, it would be hard to escape.

Huang Jian was very satisfied with his plan. As long as he could annihilate the Shenyou Princess and Shenyou Army in one fell swoop, he would definitely become famous all over the world from now on. Will he worry about high-ranking officials and generous salaries at that time?

Huang Jian thought so, and Tuoba Zan thought so too.

But life is always unsatisfactory, so when Tuoba Liang received a signal from Huang Jian and was confident about sending troops, he heard his spies coming to report that two Apocalypse troops were rushing towards them from two directions.

"What's going on?!" Tuoba Zan couldn't help but fall down the teacup on the table and said in a furious manner.

A general sitting at his lower head said in a deep voice, "Xiao Zi and Zhu Yaohong led 70,000 troops to us." This is nothing difficult to solve. The road is there, the King of Qi himself refused to leave. Could it be that others were allowed to leave? Now it was obviously Xiao Zi coming towards them against the route they originally planned. Tuoba Zan's face turned pale, "What's wrong with Huang Jian? Isn't he restraining Xiao Zi? Xiao Zi dares to leave the 200,000 Southern Army and bandits and come here without caring about it?"

"Obviously, Huang Jian is not as powerful as he boasted about himself, and he has never deceived Xiao Shi at all." Maybe he was deceived by Xiao Shi.

"Prince, what should I do now?"

Tuoba Zan gritted his teeth and said, "Come on!"

While getting up and walking outside, Tuoba Zan cursed Huang Jian a hundred times in his heart. If Huang Jian was in front of him at this time, he might have killed this idiot with one knife! But Tuoba Zan also didn't know that he was also a idiot in Huang Jian's eyes.

"Damn it!" Huang Jian was trapped in the chaos at this time. While trying desperately to rush out, Huang Jian couldn't help but curse, "What's going on with this idiot Tuoba Zan? Are you scattering 30,000 soldiers? Can't he count?!" They just arrived near Zijing Pass and encountered an ambush. Even if they just looked at it at a rough glance, Huang Jian knew that there were at least 50,000 soldiers and horses that were ambushing them. It was impossible for Zijing Pass to be unattended. So... how many soldiers and horses did Princess Shenyou hide in Zijing Pass? Did they step into someone else's trap by themselves?"

Huang Jian was guarded by the guards and walked forward with a knife with some difficulty. His skills were not very good. Even if someone protected him in such a chaotic army, it was very dangerous. At this time, Huang Jian didn't care about anything else. He just wanted to leave this place first. After all, compared to his own life, everything is empty. Once his life is gone, there will be nothing left.

"Master Huang!" Xia Qi came over angrily and whispered loudly, "What the hell is going on?"

Huang Jian's face turned pale and gritted his teeth and said, "I've been ambushed, retreat first!"

Xia Qi said angrily, "How can we retreat now?" They were ambushed in such a valley, and there were only two ways to retreat, either rush forward or backward. But now it seems that no matter which road is not a road. The way they came from had been cut off, and the other party obviously knew that they would pass here for a long time.

Huang Jian didn't give him any time to talk, and said sternly, "Don't talk nonsense, if you want to survive, withdraw immediately!"

Xia Qi was stunned for a moment, and finally calmed down. He gritted his teeth and turned around and walked away quickly.

After a moment, the sound of withdrawing troops finally came to the valley.

However, in such a completely encircled situation, the Southern Army, which had already been disorganized in military discipline, had already been in chaos, and there was no need to pay attention to military orders, so the entire Southern Army was in chaos.
Chapter completed!